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Overview

I'm the author of 21 novels, 10 of which are published by HarperCollins. I write as Nic Tatano and Nick Harlow and all my books are plot driven. (If you need help with literary fiction, I'm not your guy.) I frequently swap manuscripts for content/plot idea with other authors and am part of a weekly critique group with five writers.

My "day job" has been working as a television news reporter, but I am now past my on-air expiration date (thanks to hi-def, which shows wrinkles down to the molecular level) and now work as a freelance producer for all the major networks.

Portfolio (10 selected works)

It's the reality show with the ultimate prize.The White House.A reality show contestant running for President? Since we have politicians showing up on Dancing with the Stars, why not reverse the process? Sounds far-fetched, but when you have a biased network that will pull out all the stops and a nation obsessed with celebrity, (see: Trump, Donald) anything's possible. Add a dash of Watergate ... read more

It's the reality show with the ultimate prize.The White House.A reality show contestant running for President? Since we have politicians showing up on Dancing with the Stars, why not reverse the process? Sounds far-fetched, but when you have a biased network that will pull out all the stops and a nation obsessed with celebrity, (see: Trump, Donald) anything's possible. Add a dash of Watergate ... read more

Welcome to the Mystic Quarter...Jillian Spectre knows what happens after you die.Because the seventeen-year-old mystic seer can see the future of her clients even after they've passed on. And that's not even her coolest power...She can be in two places at once. Problem is, her heart can only be in one.Supernatural abilities aside, she's a typical high school senior torn between two guys. But t... read more

Welcome to the Mystic Quarter...Jillian Spectre knows what happens after you die.Because the seventeen-year-old mystic seer can see the future of her clients even after they've passed on. And that's not even her coolest power...She can be in two places at once. Problem is, her heart can only be in one.Supernatural abilities aside, she's a typical high school senior torn between two guys. But t... read more

Seventeen-year-old Riley Jamison has always wondered why he could predict the future. Turns out he’s not predicting it, he’s changing it with his thoughts. Now he’s in demand by the forces of both good and evil. Riley must now develop his talents at The Compass, a school run by The Guardians, a benevolent group committed to changing the future for the better. And since Riley’s powers are off t... read more

Seventeen-year-old Riley Jamison has always wondered why he could predict the future. Turns out he’s not predicting it, he’s changing it with his thoughts. Now he’s in demand by the forces of both good and evil. Riley must now develop his talents at The Compass, a school run by The Guardians, a benevolent group committed to changing the future for the better. And since Riley’s powers are off t... read more

It’s time to take America back. And only organized crime can do it.When a gambler tries to pay a bookie with food stamps, the Mafia realizes the liberal entitlement society has gone too far.With half the country on some sort of government assistance, disposable income is disappearing. And without disposable income, the Mob will soon be out of business.Enough.Three New Jersey Mafia families dec... read more

It’s time to take America back. And only organized crime can do it.When a gambler tries to pay a bookie with food stamps, the Mafia realizes the liberal entitlement society has gone too far.With half the country on some sort of government assistance, disposable income is disappearing. And without disposable income, the Mob will soon be out of business.Enough.Three New Jersey Mafia families dec... read more

Powerhouse romance editor Keira Madison is known as “Cover Girl” – because she’s come up with the concepts for the covers of the best selling novels in history. But right now, she’s desperate to replace her best selling author.Wannabe author Alex Bauer has given up hope of ever selling his military thriller, so he takes a shot at writing a romance and sends it to super agent Bella Farentino. S... read more

Powerhouse romance editor Keira Madison is known as “Cover Girl” – because she’s come up with the concepts for the covers of the best selling novels in history. But right now, she’s desperate to replace her best selling author.Wannabe author Alex Bauer has given up hope of ever selling his military thriller, so he takes a shot at writing a romance and sends it to super agent Bella Farentino. S... read more

‘A story of a heart-warming friendship, kindness, bravery…this cat lady loved it!’ Kitty Loves BooksSwapping Prada for purrs…While covering a story, feisty network reporter Madison Shaw gets more than she bargained for when she rescues a box of orphaned kittens. Suddenly the glamazon of the Manhattan news room is doing two am feedings to keep these furbabies alive!This is certainly a change of... read more

‘A story of a heart-warming friendship, kindness, bravery…this cat lady loved it!’ Kitty Loves BooksSwapping Prada for purrs…While covering a story, feisty network reporter Madison Shaw gets more than she bargained for when she rescues a box of orphaned kittens. Suddenly the glamazon of the Manhattan news room is doing two am feedings to keep these furbabies alive!This is certainly a change of... read more

Red Dawn meets Die Hard.When the White House is taken over by terrorists, the country's policy of not negotiating with them is put to the test. Especially since the President's seventeen-year-old daughter is one of the hostages the terrorists are threatening to kill while the world watches. But Sydney Donovan isn't a typical young adult. She and a group of teens she was leading on a White Hous... read more

Red Dawn meets Die Hard.When the White House is taken over by terrorists, the country's policy of not negotiating with them is put to the test. Especially since the President's seventeen-year-old daughter is one of the hostages the terrorists are threatening to kill while the world watches. But Sydney Donovan isn't a typical young adult. She and a group of teens she was leading on a White Hous... read more

Meet America's Tweet-Heart.She's network reporter Cassidy Shea, better known as @TwitterGirl, with more than a million followers thanks to her sarcastic tweets. One hundred forty characters that can take anyone down a notch.But while brevity may be the soul of wit, it can also get you fired.When a controversial tweet goes viral the snarky redhead finds herself locked out of the career she love... read more

Meet America's Tweet-Heart.She's network reporter Cassidy Shea, better known as @TwitterGirl, with more than a million followers thanks to her sarcastic tweets. One hundred forty characters that can take anyone down a notch.But while brevity may be the soul of wit, it can also get you fired.When a controversial tweet goes viral the snarky redhead finds herself locked out of the career she love... read more

What would happen if the President of the United States and the Vice President decided to run for the Oval Office…Against each other?Vice President Scott Maxwell is a decent, honest man with no skeletons in his closet, but is fed up with corrupt President Gordon Kirk. He decides to run for the Presidency against the incumbent, and sets in motion a series of events that will change his life and... read more

What would happen if the President of the United States and the Vice President decided to run for the Oval Office…Against each other?Vice President Scott Maxwell is a decent, honest man with no skeletons in his closet, but is fed up with corrupt President Gordon Kirk. He decides to run for the Presidency against the incumbent, and sets in motion a series of events that will change his life and... read more

Area 51 meets the da Vinci Code in a sci-fi thriller.When underwater archaeologist Scott Parrish finds actual proof that aliens visited earth, he knows his cable television show is about to become appointment television. And his photographer, former TV reporter Temperance Logan, knows she has the story of a lifetime.Until members of the crew start selling the information.A shadow government wa... read more

Area 51 meets the da Vinci Code in a sci-fi thriller.When underwater archaeologist Scott Parrish finds actual proof that aliens visited earth, he knows his cable television show is about to become appointment television. And his photographer, former TV reporter Temperance Logan, knows she has the story of a lifetime.Until members of the crew start selling the information.A shadow government wa... read more